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Code:

[root@zeus root]# rpm -Fvh *.rpm

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

  1:sendmail-cf            ########################################### [ 50%]

  2:sendmail              warning: /etc/mail/access created as /etc/mail/access.rpmnew

warning: /etc/mail/sendmail.mc created as /etc/mail/sendmail.mc.rpmnew

warning: /etc/sendmail.cf created as /etc/sendmail.cf.rpmnew

########################################### [100%]

What happened? I'm new to rpm's did it upgrade? Looks to me like program updated but did not change three files?

Its just keeping your old configuration files because you used the -F (freshen) flag.

I see Thanks' I copied the new ones over.

warning: ... cf created as ... rpmnew

running redhat9
i updated my system by running up2date and got similar messages as the previous poster:

[root@localhost matroska]# up2date
Stopping sshd:[ OK ]
Starting sshd:[ OK ]
warning: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf created as /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/mail/sendmail.cf created as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/mail/submit.cf created as /etc/mail/submit.cf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf created as /etc/postfix/main.cf.rpmnew

-what should i do with these files now? are the old files the "active" files or are the rpmnew ?
-do i have two versions of these packages installed?

i didnt use the "freshen tag" as mentioned above ...

If your program is working properly you can delete those files. I would keep them until I was sure everything was working as expected. Those files are backups in case something goes wrong.